South Africa's Competition Tribunal on Wednesday confirmed a 69.5 million rand ($5.25 million) settlement with Citibank for its role in rigging rand currency trading, making the U.S. bank the first among more than dozen banks named in a probe. Full story

The U.S. military moved parts of an anti-missile defence system to a deployment site in South Korea on Wednesday amid heightened tensions over North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programs, triggering protests from villagers and China. Full story

French intelligence has concluded that forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad carried out a sarin nerve gas attack on April 4 in northern Syria and that Assad or members of his inner circle ordered the strike, a declassified report showed. Full story

A rise in U.S. Treasury yields
and the dollar checked some of emerging markets' exuberance on
Wednesday, with many currencies retreating from multi-week highs
and equities stalling after four days of strong gains.. . . Full story

Gold Fields provided an operational update for the quarter ended 31 March 2017. Detailed financial and operational results are provided on a six-monthly basis i.e. at the end of June and December.. . . Full story

Implats released its third quarter production results for the period 1 January to 31 March 2017.
Safety
ImplatsĘ safety strategy remains centred on transforming our safety culture. This transformational journey to realising zero harm is supported by various initiatives targeting effective leadership and. . . Full story